I eat scrapple, which is probably 95% "pink slime meat," so that part does not bother me. What bothers me is that they point out the lower nutritional value. That means it's just cheap filler. Kids don't need cheap filler. They need good, nutritional food. We already pack our kids' lunches, so it's no impact on my family, but it will affect many others.

I don't know, they make it sound like some new and horrible thing, but near the bottom of the article they say this:

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It's used in about 70% of ground beef in the US.

Yes, but I imagine a lot of that use is in fast food or prepared ground beef products. Since a lot of what my family buys at the store is 93% lean and ground there at the meat department, I'd bet it's unlikely to have the stuff.

We already pack our kids' lunches, so it's no impact on my family, but it will affect many others.

What a novel concept. I grew up on brown-bag lunches. WTF is going on that brown-bagging is so f**king unheard of? Oh the humanity of a child bringing his or her lunch to school and actually getting food that their parents can control.

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We already pack our kids' lunches, so it's no impact on my family, but it will affect many others.

What a novel concept. I grew up on brown-bag lunches. WTF is going on that brown-bagging is so f**king unheard of? Oh the humanity of a child bringing his or her lunch to school and actually getting food that their parents can control.

I did that with my daughter most of the time. I wanted to be sure what she got was both good for her and tasted good. I have often wondered at some of the stuff they serve our kids.

We already pack our kids' lunches, so it's no impact on my family, but it will affect many others.

What a novel concept. I grew up on brown-bag lunches. WTF is going on that brown-bagging is so f**king unheard of? Oh the humanity of a child bringing his or her lunch to school and actually getting food that their parents can control.

I did that with my daughter most of the time. I wanted to be sure what she got was both good for her and tasted good. I have often wondered at some of the stuff they serve our kids.

"These People," as I've come to call them, will push, stomp and try anything. Why, I don't know. What the HELL they were thinking is beyond me. But they thought they were doing the right thing in their worldview...a worldview that is simultaneously very prevalent...and very scary.

Um, don't be so sure. From the "oh, that can NEVER happen" department:

Someone else will not force my children to eat something, and they will not replace what I provide them for meals. Should they make the mistake of doing it once, I guarantee that it will not be repeated.

Also, from the article, it sounds like the mother had the exact same stance as I do.